Photo Courtesy of Team ImpactRobot No. 219 was designed and built by Warren Hills Regional High School students in six weeks.WATCH VIDEO from the competition below.

More than 30 Warren Hills Regional High School students on Team Impact assisted in the creation of robot No. 219 this year, from programming, to design, construction or research.

The robot -- named after the team's official designation in the FIRST robotics competition -- had to maneuver around an arena floor while trying to toss or dump balls into baskets being towed by competitors, while also keeping its own basket safe during the New Jersey regional competition held in Trenton last week.

The design incorporated four-wheel drive, a catapult and an Altoids can.

The mint container housed an accelerometer and a gyroscope, both important components to help the robot move when it wasn't under the remote control of students.

More than 60 teams from New Jersey and surrounding areas participated. Though Team Impact was selected to compete in the regional finals last Sunday, they will not be moving on to the national championship next month.

Despite that, they learned important lessons, including critical thinking skills, engineering abilities and the confidence needed to debate design ideas with peers, said technology teacher David Rader. The experience may help some students pursue careers in engineering, physics and related sciences.

"A lot of people want to go into engineering, but they've never built anything," said senior Dave Brickel.

No. 219 is alive

In this home video submitted by Warren Hills Regional High School's Team Imapct, No. 219, starts in the upper right-hand corner. The first 15 seconds of the round was "autonomous mode," where the robot moved based on its programming. No. 219 was programmed to get to the center and go around in a circle, making it more difficult for other teams to score. Students took over by remote control for the remainder of the round.

Rules of robotics

Watch this video to learn the rules of this year's FIRST robotics competition and what each robot must be able to do. Video Courtesy of usfirst.org